Deadline approaching to apply for Shopify’s ‘Dev Degree’

For students accepted to Carleton University’s computer science program in the fall, next week is the final chance to apply to make Shopify your classroom.

The deadline for the Ottawa e-commerce firm’s “Dev Degree,” a concept launched in 2016 where students learn curriculum basics on the job at Shopify HQ, is coming up on March 16. Participants in the program are paid for their time, tuition is fully covered by Shopify and after four years they walk out with an accredited computer science degree.

CEO Tobi Lutke tweeted last week that he hopes this model becomes the future of developer education, calling it the “missing mid-point between practical learning and theoretical knowledge.”

Computer programming is not a science or an art in the traditional sense. It’s its own thing and deserves a custom approach to teaching and learning that isn’t rote implementation of prior education models